New St Vincent

stickyfiddle

She's still weird and it's still great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJxPg6quL4

thecolourbox

Yes looking forward to the album - much prefer this kind of attitude of music to the 70s funk of the last one (although she did a great job of that too). Great stuff

DrCornelius

Daddys Home is probably my most played album of recent years , not as much a fan of the industrial stuff but hoping it grows on me 

Vintage65

stickyfiddle said:

She's still weird and it's still great

I think she is quite normal and everybody else is weird!

GavRichList

There’s not a lot of song in there, but the production and mix are both so great that it more than makes up for it 

monquixote

Oh I like that!

Great to see her back on the weird electro rock. 

stickyfiddle

GavRichList said:

There’s not a lot of song in there, but the production and mix are both so great that it more than makes up for it 

Yep exactly. 

Can someone explain that to my bandmates when picking covers? I keep having to turn down requests to play really boring stuff that's only tolerable because if clever production which makes it extremely difficult to make them interesting live without backing tracks...

Placidcasual79

DrCornelius said:

Daddys Home is probably my most played album of recent years , not as much a fan of the industrial stuff but hoping it grows on me 


I agree - I am still listening to Daddy's home in its entirety on a regular basis. The concert video thing she made to accompany it is incredible - she plays some of her older 'industrial' style songs in the Daddy's home stye.....they work brilliantly 

She's said that she decides upon an aesthetic or a colour and sound palette for each of her records -  but however she chooses to dress them up, underneath are really well written songs.  

I really think she is a generational talent. Cant wait to hear the new record

Funkfingers

stickyfiddle said:

Can someone explain that to my bandmates when picking covers?

Are you the singer?

stickyfiddle

Funkfingers said:

stickyfiddle said:

Can someone explain that to my bandmates when picking covers?

Are you the singer?

Lol no - I'm on guitar, vocal harmonies and most of the arrangement....

Funkfingers

The reason I asked is because the most important factor in song selection ought to be, can our singer hit those notes?

Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame has most of his Turner guitars tuned down at least three semitones because the top end of his vocal range is shot. (This was prior to his surgery in 2019.)

stickyfiddle

Funkfingers said:

The reason I asked is because the most important factor in song selection ought to be, can our singer hit those notes?

Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame has most of his Turner guitars tuned down at least three semitones because the top end of his vocal range is shot. (This was prior to his surgery in 2019.)

Yeah i’m super aware of that. What’s actually good is we we have 3 singers (plus me) all with different ranges, so we can usually make things work, but still tune a couple of songs down a tone to get them at their best. 

What im really taking about here is those songs that are just such great melodies you can play them on a single guitar and voice, vs those (usually pop stuff) that really need the full arrangement with layers of synths and blippybloppy bits for texture and variety through the track. Cos that second category can be really hard to get sounding interesting

MagicPigDetective

Very NIN…. which is a good thing. Love it. 

thecolourbox

The new album is out today. I've had a listen and think it's a good solid record, lots of sounds that I like (albeit very big on the bass frequencies in the production I think?). I'm not sure there's a stand out track as such but it's a good album and some nice synth work as well as good tunes and her usual lyrical style

monquixote

I'm listening to it right now and enjoying it very much.

Dave Grohl on drums as well.

LPManic

Looking forward to getting a listen. 

DrCornelius

Just got back from the record shop with it under my arm . Kettle on and here we go…..

Kittyfrisk

Enjoyed that, very talented performer. I get the NIN & industrial influences & I'd throw in some PJ Harvey too.

Bod

Kittyfrisk said:

Enjoyed that, very talented performer. I get the NIN & industrial influences & I'd throw in some PJ Harvey too.

Definitely Polly all over that.  Love it, Annie's fantastic.

MagicPigDetective

Only got into her on the last album… after two listens, this new one is…. superb 

stickyfiddle

I need to listen a few more times but first impressions are better than Daddy's Home